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REPORTS ABOUT SATELLITE IMAGERY AND THAT IT WAS A 15 MISSILE AND THAT IT WAS A 15 MISSILE

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH >> THANK YOU SO MUCH >> YOU BET >> YOU BET >>> ON TUESDAY, IT LOOKED LIKE >>> ON TUESDAY, IT LOOKED LIKE THE U

S AND IRAN WERE ON THE THE US AND IRAN WERE ON THE BRINK OF WAR AND ISRAEL ALSO BRINK OF WAR AND ISRAEL ALSO BRACING FOR POSSIBLE RETALIATION BRACING FOR POSSIBLE RETALIATION FROM THE IRANIAN BACKED MILITARY FROM THE IRANIAN BACKED MILITARY GROUP, HEZBOLLAH GROUP, HEZBOLLAH

>> Reporter: ALISON, IF THIS IS >> Reporter: ALISON, IF THIS IS INDEED THE END OF THIS EPISODE, INDEED THE END OF THIS EPISODE, I THINK EVERYBODY IS RELIEVED I THINK EVERYBODY IS RELIEVED THE IRANIANS SAID THIS WAS A THE IRANIANS SAID THIS WAS A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR DONALD SLAP IN THE FACE FOR DONALD TRUMP AND THE US TRUMP AND THE U

S US OFFICIALS SAID IT LOOKED US

OFFICIALS SAID IT LOOKED MORE LIKE A SLAP ON THE WRIST MORE LIKE A SLAP ON THE WRIST I THINK THE ENTIRE REGION WAS I THINK THE ENTIRE REGION WAS EXPECTING MORE LIKE A PUNCH TO EXPECTING MORE LIKE A PUNCH TO THE GUT AND INSTEAD NOTHING THE GUT AND INSTEAD NOTHING SEEMED TO HAPPEN SEEMED TO HAPPEN ALL MOVING AHEAD BACK TO NORMAL ALL MOVING AHEAD BACK TO NORMAL BASICALLY THE SAME KIND OF PROXY BASICALLY THE SAME KIND OF PROXY WAR IRAN HAD BEEN FIGHTING WAR IRAN HAD BEEN FIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE REGION THE LAST THROUGHOUT THE REGION THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES

SEVERAL DECADES ISRAELIS WERE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ISRAELIS WERE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ABOUT THIS THEY’RE ON A HEIGHTENED STATE OF THEY’RE ON A HEIGHTENED STATE OF ALERT ALERT

HARD TO TELL WHEN ISRAEL IS ON A HARD TO TELL WHEN ISRAEL IS ON A HEIGHTENED STATE OF ALERT HEIGHTENED STATE OF ALERT BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS ARE BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS ARE WE HEARD FROM NETANYAHU, AND WE HEARD FROM NETANYAHU, AND THEY EXPECTED THIS WAS AN THEY EXPECTED THIS WAS AN AMERICAN AND IRANIAN ISSUE AND AMERICAN AND IRANIAN ISSUE AND NOTHING WOULD HIT IN GREATER NOTHING WOULD HIT IN GREATER ISRAEL, NOT FROM LEBANON TO THE ISRAEL, NOT FROM LEBANON TO THE NORTH AND GAZA STRIP OR HAMAS NORTH AND GAZA STRIP OR HAMAS ALSO BOTH BACKED BY IRAN ALSO BOTH BACKED BY IRAN THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED

THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THERE WERE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR ISRAEL EVEN THOUGH IN THE PAST, ISRAEL EVEN THOUGH IN THE PAST, IRANIANS AND HEZBOLLAH HAVE IRANIANS AND HEZBOLLAH HAVE RARELY MET AN EVENT OR RARELY MET AN EVENT OR CONSPIRACY THEORY THEY HAVEN’T CONSPIRACY THEORY THEY HAVEN’T BLAMED ON ISRAEL BLAMED ON ISRAEL THEY EXPECT THE IRANIANS WILL THEY EXPECT THE IRANIANS WILL DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TRUMP DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND US

POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND US POLICY IN THE REGION IN THE REGION IS THIS REALLY OVER? IS THIS REALLY OVER? IT’S REALLY HARD TO SAY

IT’S REALLY HARD TO SAY WE JUST HEARD FROM THE IRANIANS WE JUST HEARD FROM THE IRANIANS THERE IS GOING TO BE A FOLLOW-UP THERE IS GOING TO BE A FOLLOW-UP ATTACK ON THE NEWS AGENCY ATTACK ON THE NEWS AGENCY RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WAS ALMOST PERFECTLY SUITED FOR WAS ALMOST PERFECTLY SUITED FOR DOMESTIC IRANIAN CONSUMPTION DOMESTIC IRANIAN CONSUMPTION

THE IRANIANS REPORTED ON THEIR THE IRANIANS REPORTED ON THEIR OWN DOMESTIC TELEVISION CHARGES OWN DOMESTIC TELEVISION CHARGES AS MANY AS 40 TO 80 AMERICANS AS MANY AS 40 TO 80 AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN THIS BOMB STRIKE WERE KILLED IN THIS BOMB STRIKE THAT’S NOT TRUE THAT’S NOT TRUE WE HEARD FROM THE AMERICANS AND WE HEARD FROM THE AMERICANS AND IRAQIS AND NATO THERE WERE NO IRAQIS AND NATO THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES AND THESE BOMBS CASUALTIES AND THESE BOMBS SEEMED TO LAND ALMOST SEEMED TO LAND ALMOST DELIBERATELY BECAUSE THEY SEEMED DELIBERATELY BECAUSE THEY SEEMED TO BE VERY DELIBERATE TO TO BE VERY DELIBERATE TO MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ, THEY MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ, THEY WERE TARGETED AND SEEMED TO WERE TARGETED AND SEEMED TO DELIBERATELY MISS, SEEMS DELIBERATELY MISS, SEEMS IRANIANS WERE TRYING TO ACTIVELY IRANIANS WERE TRYING TO ACTIVELY DE-ESCALATE IT CONSISTENT WITH DE-ESCALATE IT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY SAID PUBLICLY, TRYING WHAT THEY SAID PUBLICLY, TRYING TO AVOID A CONFRONTATION

TO AVOID A CONFRONTATION EVERYBODY IN THIS REGION EVERYBODY IN THIS REGION INCLUDING ISRAELIS EXPECT THIS INCLUDING ISRAELIS EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE THERE WILL BE AN ACTUAL THERE WILL BE AN ACTUAL RETALIATION THAT WILL LOOK MORE RETALIATION THAT WILL LOOK MORE LIKE A PUNCH TO THE GUT LIKE A PUNCH TO THE GUT

RIGHT NOW, ONCE AGAIN, THE BALL RIGHT NOW, ONCE AGAIN, THE BALL IS IN EVERYBODY’S COURT